Nice story. My grandmother is still going at 93 BTW.
Yay for her!
My dad is 87 and does not take a single pill. In May he did the last 100K of the pilgrimage of Santiago Compostella and, in his longest day, walked 18 miles (they had planned 6-8 per day for a 9-day walk, but doubled up two days to finish in 7). He was in more than a little pain sometimes though. As my mom always said "Getting old is not for sissies."
At the other end of the spectrum, a quote that really hit home for my wife and I, but it needs a bit of setup.
A couple of months ago, we were awoken at about 6am by screaming kids about 4-6 years old. At first we were grumpy and I didn't want to be the grumpy man who yells "Hey, you kids shut up!" but it was kind of egregious. But then we heard what they were yelling. They were just playing and looking at plants and bugs. We heard one kid yell "Guys! Guys! A worm!" We love it when kids discover nature, so we just listened and watched, eventually migrating to the porch to see. And then this kid, about four years old comes bombing down the hill in front of the house. He looks like he's just barely staying on his feet, not quite having the coordination to run *that* fast. And as he goes by our house he screams with all his heart "Llluuuuckkkkyyy! Lllluuuucckkyyy! Iiii'mmmm sooooo llluuckky!"
No idea what he saw, but now my wife and I say that to each other all the time, remembering that kid and trying to take time to appreciate the goodness that often surrounds us.